Monday, May 20, 2013

former selves / aloonaluna / innercity / creation VI

"there is a poem from a childhood friend that always stuck with me. at night when I see the moon, or when I look at the sun directly in its eye, I sometimes still recall it. in this particular poem, it charts the unrequited love of the sun and the moon. oh, how the sun and the moon chase each other around the earth in the cosmos, never to really meet. how different but yet similar the two are, both with their varying lights and gravitational pulls on earth. the musical projects Former Selves and Aloonaluna play out some similar scenario, as sun and moon, piecing together their own star-crossed variants of light and gravity. here on this split we have an intersection of sun and moon; the space where they meet. perhaps its those last few moments before the sun sneaks past the horizon, eyeing that graying moon."

remember, novalis said "we dream of a journey through the universe. but is the universe then not in us? inward goes the secret path." so come on, don't hesitate, be romantic. the truest beauty awaits you.

"beware, this one is a concept album. Hans Dens' style all around, his trademark disturbing lofi-foundsound-loops, but i have a feeling this one is a bit more conceptional as his many other works. in the beginning of each side of this massive tape there is no hope in sight, just darkness and confusion, but hans won't let the listener alone in a fragmented soundscape, instead he takes him by the hand and lead him to some kind of extatic light. once per side, unforgetable and life changing. sounds that orchestrate your traumas and your dreams. the witchdoctor knows you will need it for your next self healing listening session."

"Creation VI's tape was inspired by ancient greek philosophy and reflects cosmological process, as it was described in the heraclitus work. endlessly continuing creation of the world, soundtrack to the universe, aural architectonics of one, that becomes many. hierarchically organised cosmos, from stardust to every living creature on each planet, from violet void to the singularity. drones huge and mysterious like the cosmos. close your eyes to be lost in its immersity. now."